%0 Journal Article 
%A Hafeez, Sanaa
%A Barlocco, Ilaria
%A Al-Salem, Sultan M.
%A Villa, Alberto
%A Chen, Xiaowei
%A Delgado Jaén, Juan José
%A Manos, George
%A Dimitratos, Nikolaos
%A Constantinou, Achilleas
%T Experimental and Process Modelling Investigation of the Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid Decomposition Using a Pd/Zn Catalyst
%D 2021
%@ 2076-3417
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25825
%X The use of hydrogen as a renewable fuel has attracted great attention in recent years. The decomposition of formic acid under mild conditions was investigated using a 2%Pd6Zn4 catalyst in a batch reactor. The results showed that the conversion of formic acid increases with reaction temperature and with the formic acid concentration. A process-simulation model was developed to predict the decomposition of formic acid using 2%Pd6Zn4 in a batch reactor. The model demonstrated very good validation with the experimental work. Further comparisons between the 2%Pd6Zn4 catalyst and a commercial Pd/C catalyst were carried out. It was found that the 2%Pd6Zn4 demonstrated significantly higher conversions when compared with the commercial catalyst.
%K formic acid decomposition
%K H2 production
%K process simulation modelling
%K renewable energy
%K green chemistry
%~ Universidad de Cádiz